The Muppets Present… Great Moments in American History'

Magenta Panther

Magenta Panther

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The Empress Lilly said:
I don't know where to start. I was in the MK last week, and was heartbroken. :cry:

Upon entering I walked up MS, stressed and rushed because of my fastpass deadline. There was hardly any background music, no show or anything fun. Midway as I stood between the closed West Street and the obnoxious advertisment board for Pandora Jewellery I could barely form a coherent thought about how empty and ugly the view of the castle is because some guy was screaming into a microphone on the castle stage, outshouting the unbelievably loud rock music of Shake It Obnoxify It. What a welcome.

It was all so terribly crass. Infantilised too. Ran in a mean and sorry way to boot. :grumpy:
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They're still doing that Shake It garbage? God, give it a rest, TDO.
 
Magenta Panther

Magenta Panther

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Disneyhead'71 said:
I think the Muppets fit the theme of the MK and Liberty Square just fine. This is no different than

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Which is different than

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OH come on. Mickey Mouse = genuine Disney creation. Everything else you posted are pictures of people dressed up in historically-accurate garb to fit the theme of the area. You really can't tell the difference between accurately-themed costuming and streetmosphere and a tacky forced product placement? 'Kay. Enjoy your puppet show.
 
Magenta Panther

Magenta Panther

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The Empress Lilly said:
Oh, my dear MK, what have they done to you? :cry:

Liberty Square, for so long the last bastion of style and classic Disney, now it has Muppets blaring underneath Rapunzel's tower.
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Yep, and soon you're going to be able to walk into EPCOT and observe a gun-toting talking raccoon who shoots at anything that startles him, frightens him, or angers him. Ah those good old Disney family values!
 
Magenta Panther

Magenta Panther

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Andrew C said:
I like puppets...
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I don't mind them myself in the proper venue (although frankly they bore me), but in this case it's location, location, location. Disneyland got rid of them with nary a complaint from guests, remember, and they were in a more fitting area (that hodge-podge of a mess that used to be DCA). And in this case, better they should stay in DHS than intrude in the Magic Kingdom. But TDO's gonna do what it's gonna do, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. It sees WDW as a product placement venue and little else, it seems. Tragic.
 
hpyhnt 1000

hpyhnt 1000

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The Empress Lilly said:
I don't know where to start. I was in the MK last week, and was heartbroken. :cry:

Upon entering I walked up MS, stressed and rushed because of my fastpass deadline. There was hardly any background music, no show or anything fun. Midway as I stood between the closed West Street and the obnoxious advertisment board for Pandora Jewellery I could barely form a coherent thought about how empty and ugly the view of the castle is because some guy was screaming into a microphone on the castle stage, outshouting the unbelievably loud rock music of Shake It Obnoxify It. What a welcome.

It was all so terribly crass. Infantilised too. Ran in a mean and sorry way to boot. :grumpy:
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Background music has been hit or miss for many years I feel, one of those little details current park ops lets slip through the cracks (like so many other things). And I suspect the blaring of Move It, Shake It, Yell It doesn't help. Agree with you completely that that show can't disappear quickly enough. Obnoxious doesn't even begin to describe it.

I'm still taking a wait and see approach with the Muppets. I'm not entirely sold on the location, but I do think it can at least be shoehorned in reasonably well so that it isn't as glaringly misplaced as something like Move It, etc or MILF.
 
Disneyhead'71

Disneyhead'71

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Magenta Panther said:
OH come on. Mickey Mouse = genuine Disney creation. Everything else you posted are pictures of people dressed up in historically-accurate garb to fit the theme of the area. You really can't tell the difference between accurately-themed costuming and streetmosphere and a tacky forced product placement? 'Kay. Enjoy your puppet show.
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The Muppets are owned by Disney and are an American Institution.....just like Mickey Mouse.
 
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majortom1981

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Magenta Panther said:
OH come on. Mickey Mouse = genuine Disney creation. Everything else you posted are pictures of people dressed up in historically-accurate garb to fit the theme of the area. You really can't tell the difference between accurately-themed costuming and street mosphere and a tacky forced product placement? 'Kay. Enjoy your puppet show.
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The muppets are just as american as Mickey Mouse .If you think Mickey Mouse belongs there then the muppets do as well. Even the Smithsonian thought they were good enough to hold their artifacts in their collection.
 
zooey

zooey

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They're clearly trying this out as a perm replacement of hall of presidents.
Politics have become so divisive and respect of office regardless of who is in office has become so diminished they are going to replace it with something far more palatable like the muppets. Disney is out of the business of trying to inspire awe about anything besides Disney properties.
 
Mr Ferret 75

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majortom1981 said:
The muppets are just as american as Mickey Mouse .If you think Mickey Mouse belongs there then the muppets do as well. Even the Smithsonian thought they were good enough to hold their artifacts in their collection.
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Er nope ... The Muppets came from Britain and Mr The Mouse was an American creation. FWIW i support the muppets here.
 
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Minnie Mum

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Magenta Panther said:
OH come on. Mickey Mouse = genuine Disney creation. Everything else you posted are pictures of people dressed up in historically-accurate garb to fit the theme of the area. You really can't tell the difference between accurately-themed costuming and streetmosphere and a tacky forced product placement? 'Kay. Enjoy your puppet show.
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I don't know why you're so upset by something you haven't even seen yet. As others have rightly pointed out, Muppets have just as much right to be in Liberty Square as any other Disney character. Don't knock it til you've seen it. And why do you assume they won't be appropriately costumed?

Are you equally disturbed by any of the other characters that appear outside? Do you come close to apoplexy at the sight of Woody and Jessie doing their shtick in Frontierland?
 
prfctlyximprct

prfctlyximprct

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I'm excited for the muppets! Why not learn more about history while I snack on my ice cream cookie sandwich from sleepy hollow? They took away my lovely characters in costume from Liberty Tree so I guess this kinda makes up for it.
 
Tinkwings

Tinkwings

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Magenta Panther said:
Quoted as proof that I'm not the one who starts these infantile puppet flame wars.

But I do hope you enjoy the muppet show in Liberty Square. Because, given their recent track record, it's a pretty good bet that you won't be seeing them at the movies or on TV anytime soon. ;)
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Panther I have been waiting like a decade for them to release Season 4 and beyond on DVD.....sigh.....o_O
 

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